A resourceful Sumy resident who used someone else's phone to apply for several loans in the owner's name will be tried

The Sumy District Prosecutor's Office approved and sent to court an indictment against a 37-year-old Sumy resident.

A friend gave the accused a mobile phone so that he could pawn the gadget in a pawnshop. Before fulfilling the request, the man discovered that several banking applications were installed on the phone, so he decided to use them.

At first, he transferred 7 thousand to himself. 100 UAH, which were in the account, and then, posing as the owner of the phone, received 27 thousand 900 UAH of credit funds.

He faces up to eight years in prison for what he did.

The pre-trial investigation was completed by investigators of the Sumy District Police Department, the regional prosecutor's office reported.